Shoe-slugging machine.



E. BRIGKSON.

SHOE SLUGGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1906. RENEWED 001'. 20, 1913.

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SHOE SLUGGING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1906. RENEWED 001. 20, 1913.

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E. ERIGKSON.

SHOE SLUGGING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 25, 1906. RENEWED 0OT.20,1913.

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EDWARD ERICKSON, OF BOEE'ICON, IVEASSACEUSETTS, ASSJGNOR TO THE BOYLSTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON,

new JERSEY.

Applieationfiled June 25, 1906, Serial no. 3231200. Renewed October 20, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDKVARD ERIGKSON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in' ShoeSlugging Machines, of which the following, is a specification. I i

This invention relates to machines for inserting into thework a series of fasteners which are severed from a continuous strip of stock as fast as they are. driven. The form herein shown and described is adapted to that type of shoe machine known as slugger and with slight modification might be used for other classes of work in the manufacture of shoes. The object of the present invention is to provide a machine of the character referred to which will be capable of operating at high speed without detracting from eiiiciency and accuracy, and which will be simple and durable in construction and not liable to minor accidents.

in accomplishing these objects of the invention, I dispense with the complicated feeding mechanisms that have heretofore been employed, provide for the various operative parts being actuated with easy or graduated movements so as to prevent rocking of the machine, and employ simple mechanisms for securing the driving and severing of the fasteners and the feeding of the work.

in the embodiment of the invention which l have illustrated upon the drawings, the fasteners are formed from a metallic strip such as a piece of wire, and the-workis fed by laterally moving the embedded end of the strip, after which. said embedded end is severed; by cutters from the remainder of the strip. The driver takes the form of a" bar which is reciprocated and which is, mounted upon a laterally oscillatory head so" to have a lateral work-feeding movement at its strip-delivering end.

The driver bar has clamps or .ppers which interr .ntly

engage the stripto drive its end into the work, and in addition thereto has the cutters which are caused to sever the driven or embedded end of the strip.

In addition thereto, the machine shown is provided with a plate intervening"between the workand the fastener-inserting mechanism, andjagainst which the'face of the SHGE-SLUGGING MACHINE.

I Specification e1" ters iatent Eaten-{ 9d t, 2Q, 1914 Serial NO. 796,355.

work is pressed by a ack. enlarged and elongatedaperture to permit the lat :al feeding movement of the driver and to permit the operator to see the face of the work.

7 Of the accompanying illustrate one. embodiment of the invention Figure 1 isa side elevation of a nachine constructed in accordance with. this inven the head ti'on. isa front elevationof' thereof. Fig. 3 is a reverse side elevation of a portion of the head. lgis' a sectional elevation of the head on theline 4 of F of the fastener driving mechanism.

is sectional plan view on theline-6-6 of Fig. Fig. 7 is a verticalsectional view of the fastener'driver. Fig, 8 isa horizontal sectional view of the fastener driver. v Fig. 9

is a perspective view of one of the cutting members. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the workplate. l ig. 11 is a sectional ele-l vation ofa portion ofthe jack mechanism. Fig. 12 is a section" 0: 152-12 of'Fig. 11. Fig.13 is a vertical cross section of a portion of the jac: depressing mechanism. Fig. 14 is a vertical cross section-of the clutch mechanism. plan view of the clutch releasing cam and Mnss-Acnusnr'rs, a oon-ronarron or plate has an drawings which I pressing the line Fig. leis a j Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view the brake shoe. F 16 is 'a ve ical longitudinal'section of the clutch sett leasing mechanism.

the same-parts wherever they 'occur;

. On the drawings 10 is a base or standard having suitable bearings, 11 11 in which is journaled a main power shaftQO. Clutch iechanism, hereinafter described, is pro vided for driving the shaft. The forward end of said shaft supportsa head 15 which f contains the fastener driving mechanism and ri l- The same reference -"eharacters' indicatej and which is adapted to beoscillatedfabout the sh aft for feeding the work as hereinafter described.

mounted in bearings 13 13 and normally" held toward the head 1'5 by a sprlng 14 and" ted by a rod 16 to a: treadle 18p1vot;

fastener driving mechanism by lii'niting "the f upiva rd movement imparted. to the jack by spring 14.

21 is a rotatable cap on the top of-the jack, (see 2) upon which the work may be turned or fed. I

22 1s a work gage plvoted by'a stud 23 to a bar 24wh1ch is movably mountedin a suitable bearing on the standard 10. The I gage is held against the under surface of the plate 17 by a spring 25 and follower 26 contained in the bar 2 1 and pressing against the rear side thereof. 9 The bar is provided 2 means of the lever 29 the gage 22 may be adjusted in or out so that a heel held against.

it may be guided thereby in any desired relationship. to the fastener driving mechanism. Thehead 15, which, as previously stated is mounted upon and adapted to oscillate about the shaft 20, is held thereon by a cam disk 34 keyed to the end of the shaft. l

35 is a split driver bar which is adapted to be reciprocated longitudinally of its length and transversely of the axis of the shaft 20, and which is held in bearings 36, 36 on the head 15. I

37 is a stud affixed to one of the halves or the driver-bar and carrying a roll 38 which occupies a cam groove 39 in the disk 34:.

The contacting faces of both halves of the driver-bar are grooved along their median line, forming an orifice for the passage therethrough of a continuous strip 50, shown on the drawings as circular wire and suppliedfrom areel 51 on a bracket '52 attached to the standard 10. The strip 50 is driven successively step by step toward and into the work, is oscillated laterally to feed. the work, and the driven portion severed therefrom after having been moved'laterally to feed the work. In passing through the driver-bar the strip 50'engages successively a pair ofstraightemng dles 53, 53, a pair of grippers 54, 54 and a split driver 55 having a tubular delivery nozzle 56. (See Figs. 2 and 4:.) Of the dies 53, 53 one is aiiixed to one half of the driver-bar, and the other die is-movably installed between the halves and adapted to be adjusted by means of a set screw 58 threaded in the bar. v p The driver (see Figs. 4c. 5 and 7) comprises the member 55 havingthe delivery nozzle 56 and a separate removable member 59 loosely fitted uponlaterally extending dowels 4L0, 40. The confronting faces of the members 55 and59 are grooved for the receptionof the strip 50 and constitute gripping jaws by reason of having'teethi formed by a series of annular grooves 41..

The driver is installed in a chamber 155 formed in the driver-bar 35 and is actuated by means hereinafter described to grip the strip 50 during the downward movement and to release the strip during the upward movement of the bar. I

The head 15 is oscillated about the shaft 20 by-a lever 42 pivoted upon a stud 43 in a boss on the standard 10. One end of said lever is provided with a roll 1% which cooperates with a cam groove 4e5in the disk 34, and the other end of the lever is provided with a curved slot 46containing the head of an adjustable stud 47. One end of a link 48 is pivoted upon the stud afland the other end upon a stud 1-9 in the head 15, thus forming an adjustable connection between the lever and the head by which the head may be oscillated through an arc of any desired length. A flange 60 on the upper face of the plate 1'? occupies a peripheral groove 61 in the bottom of the head and serves to guide and brace the latter.

When the machine is at rest or in normal position the driverbar 35 is raised andthe head 15 isperpendicular as shown in Fig. 2. When the head is in this position the loose member 59 of the driver is forced toward the member 55 by a bar 62 movably installed in a laterally extending guide formed by protuberances 63, 63 on the bar 35. (See also Fig. 6.) One end of the bar 62 abuts against the member 59 and the other end abuts against a perpendicular face of a fixed bracket 64 extending from a standard 10. On the opposite side of the driver, an adjustable abutment 66 in the form of a set screw, and threaded in the head 15, acts through an intermediate block to brace the driver against the thrust of pressed by the cam 39, the bar 62 and block '65, which cause the driver members 55 and 59 to grlp the strip 50, slide relatively to the parallel faces of the bracket and setscrew without relinquishing their pressure upon the driver. The lower end of the driver-bar 35 in being depressed enters an orifice 67 formed in the plate 17 to allow it to approach closely to the work 100 on the 'ack. l

J The delivery nozzle56 of the driver projects slightly below the driver-bar so that when bothare depressed the end of the nozzle barely touches the work and if the end of the strip extends below the end of the nozzle it. is driven into the work. The cam39 is so formed that, after causing the driving of the end of the strip 50 into the work, it holds the driver bar motionless relatively to the head 15 for an instant during which the cam 15 causes the lever 42 to swing the head to the left, thus advanc ing the work, through the agency of the strip 50. Fig. 4 shows the head moved to the latter position. It will be observed that the bar 62 instead of moving laterally with the head is held by the bracket 64 whichhas a perpendicular groove 68 into which a roller 69 on the bar extends.

The chamber. 155' which contains the driver members is so formed as to permit a slight longitudinal movement of the latter therein for a purpose hereinafter explained, andwhen the bar 62 is in engagement with the driver it overlaps an inelinedsho'ulder 70 formed on the member 59 thus preventinga heel, the members 55and59 the driver from rising in the chamber during the driving of the strip 50. As shown in Fig.4, however,.the bar 62 is disengaged from'the member 59 to permit the seven ance of the driven fastener from the strip, to which the following description refers.

Each of vthe members comprising the driver-bar 35 has, an outwardly projecting circular boss 71 at the lower end, on Which.

is mounted each of two oscillatory cutters 72 having hardened steel cutting pins 78.

adapted to cooperate witheach other. (Figs. 2, 4,5 and 9). The cutting-edges of the members 72 are arranged on oppositesides of the line of the strip 50. When the driver bar 35 is depressed to drive thestrip into are depressed so that the lower end of the nozzle 56 may engage the stripe-as closely aS possible to the work for feeding. The cutters are provided with arms 74. which project from the driver-bar in opposite directions and which are adapted to abut against adjustable stopscrews 7 5 threaded inthelo'wer part of the head 15. previous to the oscillatingofthe head 15, the arms 74 of the cutters are moved" as closely as possible to the stop-screws 75 without actuallyengaging them. Then after the head hasbeen oscillated to feed the work, and the bar 62 withdrawn from the shoulder of the driver, a bulge 7 6 on the cam 39 depresses the driver-bar slightly farther. The effect of this last movement of the driver-baris to cause the cutters 72 to be oscillated upon their pivots by the stopscrews 75. This causes the cutting pins 73 to approach each other and severthe strip between them. formed and arranged as toeut squarely into the strip leaving thesevered portion blunt or square and compressing the new end of cutting pins in approaching each other engage the beveled extremity of the nozzle 56 and force it upwardly in its chamber 155 which is slightly elongated as previously stated. The cutters, by thus displacing the nozzle are enabled to cutentirel throu h and to cover the full cross of the strip. I strip, the cuttersarebeingdepressed about sectional area When the driver-bar is depressed The cutting edges are so,

During the cuttingof the three sixtyfourths of I an inch, the I shoeyielding to this extent, so'that the end of the slug is severed flush with the surface of the work. I

The'neXt movement of the driver-bar'35 isvupward, before the head 15 is oscillated back to its former position. The strip 50 is fed relatively to the driver by being gripped and held by the grippers 54, 54 hereinbefore mentioned, during the upward movement of the bar 85. I The said grippers are in the form of arms formed on rock-shafts-77,-7;7 mounted inbearings on the head 15. j The free'ends of the arms have roughenedeccen tric .faces which areadapted to engagethe opposite sides of the strip asalready stated. Actuating arms 78,78 are "pinnedto the outer ends of the rock-shafts 77, 77 and are normally heldapart by a spring ,79. The i 85 drawing an, additional supply through the.

dies 53, to replace the fastener previously severed. I Foroperatingsaid grippers,

The grippers therefore hold I employ the :following mechamsmi 8.0 is a plate havingbeveled ears or cams 8 1 Sl'on each sidetsee Fig. 2). The plate has slot 82 through which aTstud 83 extends and is screwed into the driver-bar clamping the plate thereto. The ears 8l, 81 are adapted to engage rolls-84, 84 at the free ends of the arms 78, 78' and force them together" against the pressure of the spring 79, thus) disengaging the gripper arms 54 from the, stripoO. The, plate 80 as, shown in Fig. 2a

is set at its highest position in which it does not engage the rolls 84, 84, but it may be clamped atany lowerposition by the stud 83. When clamped at a lower position the,

jears 81, 81 in descending engage and disthus holding the grippers out of engagement with the strip until place the rolls 84, .84

the rolls are released by the earson the up stroke of the latter. the up stroke when grippers in inoperative position, fthe straightening dies 58, 53 hold and carry the strip with them, but when the strip is caught by the released" grippers and held station During that. portion of ary it is drawn through the dies and fed 'relatively to the driver.

Upon the rompletionof. the up. stroke of the driver-bar, the head 15 is oscillated to the right, back its initial'p'osition shown 7 Thismovement causes t'hedriver to .appri'iachqand engage the inner end of in Fi O the bar62f it will be remembered that the cutters: during their operation raise the driver 55 relatively to the bar 62,so in case ihe-driver remains in that positionit isreturned to its lower'pfosition when theinner end of thesaidfbar engages the inclined the ears 81, 81' hold the I shoulder on the member 59-previous to feeding ofthe work in addition to the driving of the slugs or fasteners is accomplished.

The foregoin explanation covers the entire operation of the fastener driving mechanism, but, in describing the workfeeding mechanism the following explanation of the jack depressing mechanism is necessary. Referring to Figs. 1, 11, 12 and 13, is an'actuating cam aflixed upon the shaft 20 and cooperating with a roll 86 carried by a lever 37 fulcrumed uponv a stud 83 on the stazidardlO. The free end of the lever 87 is connected by a pin to the upper end of a vertically movable rod 891nounted in suitable hearings on the standard. The lower end of said rod extends loosely through ahole 91 in one end of a block and is provided with. a 'nut- 92 threaded thereon. d

93 is a rod extending parallel to and close to the rod 89 and having suitable bearings adapted to permit parallel movement thereof. The rod extends loosely through a hole 94- in the block 90 and is provided with a helical spring 95 compressed. between said block and the bearing 96. The rod 93 also extends loosely through a hole ,97 in a block 98 connected by a pin 99 to the other end of and extending underneath .the block 90. When in normal position the spring 95 pressing on the block 90 holds itagainst the block 98 and the latter against a fixed stop v 101. The lower end of the rod 93 ispivotally connected to cne end of a lever l02which is fulcrumed upon the'standard 10 by a stud 103. The other end of the lever extends between two lips 10 1,10 1 of a collar 105 se cured upon the jack 12. Afterthe driving of a fastener into the work, and prior to the lateral feeding of the work the cam 85 causes the lever 37 to raise the rod'89. The nut on said rod engages the under side of the block 90 and raises one end thereof, the other end being held down bythe spring Byreason of the loose fit of the rods in the holes 91 and 9a, the block 90 turns on the pin 99 and assumes an angle. as shown in F 1g. 11. This causesthe opposite edges of the hole 9% to take hold upon the rod 93 and continued upward movement. of the block causes it to move bodily and to carry the rod 93 with it. Theblock 98 has an car 106 which is connected by a spring 107 to a fixed member 108 below it, and as the block 90 rises bodily, raising the pivoted end of the block 93, the downward tension of said spring causes the latter block to assume an angle relatively to the rod 93. The opposite edges of the hole 97 then take hold upon the'rod 93 and during the remainder of the upward movement of the rod 89, the blocks 90 and 9S and the rod 93 move therewith as a unit. The movement thus given to the rod 93 is transmitted to the lever 102 which depresses the jack against the pressure of the spring 14. The jack is held in the lower position by the cam thus relieving the pressure of the work against the plate 17 while the cam 15 actuates the head '15 to feed the work. It is while the jack is unlocked'that the cutters sever the driven slug. When the blocks 90 and 98 are returned to normal position by the spring 95, the holes 94 and 97 become alined so that the rod 93 may slide relatively thereto when the jack is depressed by means of the treadle 18. Power for rotating the shaft 20 is applied to pulley 110 loosely mountedon the rear end of the shaft. Said pulley normally rotates idly about-the shaftbut has a plate 111 containa ing one or more holes 112 which is adapted to engage a bolt 113 contained in a casing 114: mounted upon and attached to the shaft.

A spring 115 tends to force the bolt into operative engagement with the pulley but it is normally held out of engagement therewith by a wedge shaped flange 116 formed on a block 117 pinned to one end of a plunger 118. Said plunger is adapted to slide in a bracket 119 on the standard 10 and its other end is connected by a rod 120 to a lever 121 fulcrumed upon the stud 19 upon which the treadle 18is also fulcrumed. The

flange 116 is normally held in engagement with a nose 122 on the bolt by a spring 123 i of which one end is attached to the standard and the other to a collar 124 on the rod 120.

The rear end ofa treadle 125 fulcrumed upon a pm 126 underlies the free end of the lever 121. and. when depressed it rocks .127 and 128, 128. The rotation of the casingtransmitted from the pulley by the bolt is in turn transmitted through rubber blocks to the collar 129 and thence to the shaft 20. The blocks serve to absorb the sudden shock of starting the shaft and continue to rotate the same as long as the flange 116 is held out ofthe path of rotation of the nose 122.

131 is a flange formed on the periphery of the casing 114- and adapted to engage a roll 132 mounted on a lug projecting from the block 117. Said fiangeis adapted to keep the block and flange nut of the path of rotation of'the nose 122 when the treadle 125 is released, eXcept when a depression 133 arrives opposite the roll and permits it to approach the casing 11%. When the roll does enter into the depession the flange 116 moves into the path of the nose 122 and the latter engages and is deflected thereby,Withlrai V he-bolt from. the plate 111 and rendering the machine idle, The momentum of the machine isarrested ivhen the block 11 approaches the casing by a brake-shoe 13% carried by said block. Said brake-shoe is mounted upon a lug 135 projecting from the block and engages a liange 188 forms on the periphery of casing.

From the foregoin description, it will he ap arent that ma U of the details of constru-o ion of the machine may be changed or varied .'itho ut departing from the spirit I and scope of the invention.

What I claim is 1. A machine of the character specified, comprising a laterally oscillatoryfastenerdriving mechanism, laterally oscillatory fastencr-severing ineci rai in, and means for oscillating said mechar mechanisms and means being timed. so that first the driving i'nechai'iisni drives thefastener into the Work and the fastener feeds the Work, and second, the severing mechanism severs the fastener after the completion of the f ling of the Work. 1

A machine of the character specified, comprising a static an Work .pla'te, a -ivork support for holdiu 13110 Work against said plate, a fastener dri. meansfor impelling said driver to force a and to move the einhr to feed the Work th iserering the enibeddc A machine of the CJHFELCiX-EI specified, con'i nising -a Work support, fastener driver, means for reciprocating said driver to embed the end of a fastener strip into the n'ieans for moving said embedded fasraily to the viork tl ereby relato the work siuiprrt, and acutter for severing the embedded end of the fastener at the completion of fill,'\'Vf)ll -f6d111g-1110V6- nient. r

machine of the char-act r specified, comprising a movable .i'ener d iver, means for reciprocating r! d fastener laterally and means for driver transversely to and independently of the said reciprocation toward and from the Work to cause the embedded fastener to feed mechanism supported and operated by said shaft for reciprocating a fastener driver to drive a continuous ener strip into the Work, means for holding the fastener driver against longitudinal movement, means for zstener into the Work or toward and mm tne avorlr, means for reciprocating the as .a unit, said oscillating said fEIStQIlGPClI'lVlIlg mechanism about said shaft to feed the :WOIk, connected by the fastener to the driver, and means for severing the fasteners from said strip.

6. A machine of the character spec fied comprising a movable faste11er ,driver, means fastener to feed the 7. A machine of the character specified comprising a reciprocating fastener driver a for inserting the end of a continuous fastener strip into-the Worlqand means for 1111 cartin thereto a four-We motionb means n {'5 of which the fastener isdrivenyinto the work, and the embedded fastener feedsthe I Work laterally. g I

8. A machine of the character fspeclfied comprising a driver having .a central aper ture for the passage therethrough of a continuous strip of fasteners, meansfor reciproeating said ClllVfiItOWlllCl and from the Work for causing it todrivea seriesof fasteners successively therein, means for moving said driver transversely of the line of drivefafter the driving of the fastener, tofeed the Work,

and means for severing each fastener from the strip "after said transverse movement of a the dr1ver..

9. In machine of the character described, a fastener driver havinga 'longitudinal passageway, for a continuous fas-' tenor strio said driver com risin 'two co-' operative gripping members able laterally. for gripping, and

ping members toward the other Whenthey are moved laterally.

10. In a machine of the character de scribed, coactive gripping members for driving a strip into the Work, a driver bar for carrying said gripping members, said bar having a. chamber for said gripping memlongitudinal movement of the gripping members relativelyzto the bar, one of said gripping. members having a nozzle adapted to engage the vvo rk, and cutters adapted to retract said nozzle from engagement with the Work and to sever the strip between the 11. In. a machine of thecharacter do nozzle 1 and the Work.

scribed,. comprising a reciprocatory driver 'bar; a driver thereon coniprising. complementalgripping members, a transverse slide on said driver bar for impelling one of said members toward the other, and means for which are movmovable longitudinally for driving thestripfand a fixed abutmen't for pressing one of said griphers, said chamber being formed to permit causing a relative transversemovement of said bar'aind said slide. v

12.1n a machine of the character'dee scribed,comprising a reclprocatory drlver cating'said driver-bar to force a fastener into the work, means for moving said driver bar laterally, and means for causing said gripping members to grip the fastener during the longitudinal movementof the driver bar toward the work and to release said fa tener during the lateral movement of said fastener bar.

'14:. In a machine of the character described, a driver bar, a driver thereon comprising a nozzle and complemental gripping members connected to said nozzle, said driver as a unit being longitudinally movable a small distance relatively to the driver, meanspfor imparting a fourflvay movement to the driver bar, an automatic cutter mechanism for the fastener, and means for actuating the gripping members to causethem to grip the fastener while the driver bar is moved toward the work, and to release the fastener while the driver bar is being moved laterally, whereby the nozzle and grippers may be moved away from the work to permit the operation of the cutter.

15. A machine of the character specified, comprising a longitudinally reciprocatory driver having a clamp member movable transversely to engage and clamp fastener strip, means for longitudinally reciprocating said driver, a slide for actuating said clamp member, said slide and said driver being transversely.movable one relatively to the other, and means by which said relative movement 1s effected.

16. A machine of the character specified adapted to drive and severfasteners from a continuous strip, comprisingv an oscillatory head, fastener-driving and fastener-severing mechanisms all mounted upon and carried by said head, means for actuating said mechanisms to cause the. driving of the fastener, and the feed of the work by the driven fastener, and-ineans for oscillating'the head, in

combination with a stationary work plate and a-jack for holding the work against said plate.

17. A machine of-the'character specified comprising an oscillatory head, a split reciprocatory. driver carried by and movable independently of the head and adapted to engage and clamp a strip. extending between the complemental members thereof, a fixed stop, means for oscillating the head, means for reciprocating the driver independently of the head, and means carried by the head and engaging the said stop and adapted to engage the driver and be rendered operative by the oscillation of the head to cause the complementa-l members of said driver to alternately clamp and release astrip therebetween. a

18. A machine of the character specified, comprising cooperative grippers for driving a strip into the work, cooperative cutters for severing the driven strip near the work, said grippers and cutters being operative independently of each other, a carrier for carrying said grippers and cutters toward and from the work, and means adapted to be engaged bysaid cutters in their movement toward the work for operating them to sever the strip.

19. A machine of the character specified comprising means for driving the end of a continuous strip into the work, means for moving said driven end in a direction substantially at right angles to the line of drive to feed the work, and means for severing the driven end ,from the strip, all of said opera.-

tions occurring in the sequence given.

20. rkmachine of tlie character specified comprising means for projecting a continu ous strip step-by-step toward and into the work, means for drawing laterally the projected end of, thestrip connected with the work to effect the feeding of the work, and means for severing from the strip each portion which has previously been projected into the work and swung laterally in one direction to feed the work.

21. A machine of the character specified comprising a main shaft, a head oseillatably mounted upon said shaft, means mounted in said head for projecting a continuous strip step-by-step radially with respect to said shaft into the work, and means for oscillating said head and strip through an are con centric to said shaft to feed the work.

22. A machine of the character specified comprising fastener-driving and severing mechanism adapted to drive and sever from a continuousstrip a series of fasteners, and adapted to feed the work'step-by-step by means of the strip, means for actuating said mechanism to drive said strip and s'everthe jdriven fastener therefrom, and means for actuating said mechanism to effect the feeding of the work.

23. A machine of the character specified comprising a driver adapted to engage and drive a continuous fastener strip into the -work, means for actuating said driver to drive the strip step-by-step into the work, means for holding the driver against longitudinal movement and swinging it laterally todraw the end of the strip connecting the work with said driver to feed the work,

i work to insert a fastener in the work, and

means for moving said nozzle transversely to said first movement while in said aperture to cause the inserted fastener to feed the work.

25. A machine of the character specified comprising a reciprocatory driver having clamps adapted to grip and drive a strip step-by-step into the work, a pair of cutters independent of said clamps, movable with the driver, and adapted to sever the strip between the driver and the work, and means for causing the driver to drive the strip by steps of predetermined length toward the work and for causing the cutters after each driving stroke of the driver to sever the driven end from the strip.

26. A machineof the character specified comprising a mo-vable'head, a reciprocatory member carried by and movable relatively to the head, a driver carried by said member and adapted to clamp and drive a stripv toward and into the work, means adapted to engage said driver when said head is in its initial position and cause the driver to operatively engage the-strip, means for moving the .driverandsaid member toward the work when the head is in'its initial position, means for movingthe head from initial position after the driving of the strip into the work so as to disengage the driver from the means which causes the latter to-operatively engage the strip, a pair of stops, and a pair of cutters independent of said driver, and carried'by and movable relatively to said reciprocatory member, and adapted when moving with said member toward the work to engage said stops and to be actuated thereby to sever the driven end of the strip near the work.

27. A machine of the character specified comprising a frame, a reciprocatory memher or carrier, a driver thereon adapted to drive the end of a continuous strip into the work, means for actuating said member or carrier cutting mechanism on said member or carrier, and means on the frame for causing said cutting mechanism to sever the driven end of the strip flush with the surfaceof the Work.

28. A machine of the character specified comprising an oscillating head having a guide, means for transversely oscillating said head, a driver movably held in said guide and adapted to grip a continuous strip, means for reciprocating the driver back and forth in the guide, and means rendered ac tive bythe oscillation of'the head for causing said driver to alternately grip and release a stripextending therethrough.

'29. A machine of the character specified comprising an oscillating head having" a guide, means for transversely oscillating said head, a driver normally held in said guide and adapted to grip a continuous strip, means for reciprocating the driver backand forth in theguide, a fixed stop, and means intermediate said driver and said stop adapted to alternately engage with said driver when the latter is oscillated, and so to cause said driver to alternately grip and release a strip extending therethrough.

30. A machine of the character specified comprising means for drivingthe end of a continuous fastenerstrip ,llltO the work, and for-drawing laterally the end of the strip connected with the Work to feed the work,

and means for severing the driven end from the strip after the work has been fed.

31. In; a j machine of the character describ'ed, comprising an oscillatory head,

means for oscillating saidhe'a'd, a reciprocatory fastener driver mounted in said head for feedinga continuous strip *step-by-step'to- Ward the work and embedding the end thereof n the work, means for holding said driver against long tudinal movement while said head I is oscillated, means for swinging said driver and causingthe embedded end of'the strip'to feed the Work laterally, and

a work platehaving' an aperture to receive the delivery end of the driver, said plate being provided with means for scribed, comprising an oscillatory head, means for oscillating said head, a reciproca tory fastener driver mounted in'said head for feeding a continuous fastener strip step: by-step toward the work and embedding .the

end thereof in the work, meansfor holding said driver against longitudinal movement during the oscillation of said head, means for causing the embedded endof the fastener strip connecting the work with said driver to feed the work laterally, and a work plate having an aperture to receive the delivery end of the driver, and a groove and complemental guide, one on the head, the other on the plate, to guide the head during 7 its oscillatory movement.

33. In a machine of the character specified, means for drivingstepbystep a strip of indeterminate length, said means being movable laterally for feeding the work, and

means for severing the stripnear the work while a portion thereof is in the Work.

guiding the lateral movement of saidjhead. -1 32.111 a machine of the character de 34. In machine of the character de- I scribed, fastener-driving mechanism adapted to move laterally of its driving movement to feed the work, and fastener-severing mechanism adapted to be operated by driving movement of said fastener-driving mechanisma 35. In a machine of the character described, a longitudinally reciprocatory and laterally oscillatory member, instrumentali ties mounted thereon to drive the fastener and feed the work, and fastener-severing mechanism supported by said member.

36. In a machine of the character described, a tubular nozzle for a strip to be driven into the work, means for reciprocating said nozzle longitudinally to and from engagement with the work, said nozzle having a gripping portion, a gripping member adapted to cooperate with the gripping portion of said nozzle to drive the strip, and cutters for severing the strip close to the work after it has been driven, said nozzle being adapted to recede from the workto permit said cutters to close.

37. In a machine of the character described, coactlve grl ping members movable toward and from t e work for driving a strip into the work, one of said members having a tubular nozzle adapted to engage the Work, and cutters for severing the driven strip close to the work, said cutters being adapted to retract vsaid nozzle from the work. a

38. In, a machine of the character described, cooperative cutters near the work, a longitudinally movable nozzle for guiding a fastener strip toward the work, the delivery end of said nozzle being movable between and past said cutters, cooperative grippers .movable with said nozzle toward and from the work for engaging and driving the strip,

means for openin and closing said grippers, and means For moving said grippers and nozzle toward the work, said cutters being adapted to move the nozzle away from the work and sever the strip between the nozzle and the work.

89. In a machine of the character described, means adapted to drive a strip into the work, and cutting mechanism adapted to sever the driven strip between said driving means and the work and drive the severed piece farther into the work.

40. In a machine of the character described, means adapted to drive a strip into the work and move transversely to feed the work through the medium of the strip, and cutting mechanism adapted to sever the strip between said driving mechanism and the work after the feeding movement, and to drive the severed piece farther into the work. i

e1. In a machine of the character described, a carrier movable toward and from the work, means 011 said carrier for gripping a strip to drive it into the work, said carrier being movable to carry said means transversely to feed the work through the medium of the strip, cooperative cutters mounted on said carrier, and fixed abutments for operating said cutters, said carrier being adapted to'move said gripping means first to drive the strip into the work, and then to feed the work, and to move said cutters so as to sever the strip near the work and to drive the severed piece farther into the work. a t I t 42.111 a machine of the character described, a fixed abutment, and a driver for a strip of indeterminate length, comprising two cooperative gripping members, one of said members being movable laterally to ward and from said abutment, and the other being between said laterally movable member and said abutment, said abutment being adapted to brace said between member to cause. a gripping action of said gripping members when said laterally movable member is moved toward it, said gripping mem-' bers being movable longitudinally of the strip while gripping the same, to drive the strip.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD ERICKSON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. JOHNSON, Marcus B. MAY.

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Washington, D. 0." 

